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Denosumab Shows Mixed Results in Bone Metastases Management
Denosumab Shows Mixed Results in Bone Metastases Management
P Wendling
20090906
2009 Oct 6
Elsevier Global Medical News
Denosumab Shows Mixed Results in Bone Metastases Management
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 6, P Wendling
BERLIN (EGMN) - Denosumab was superior to zoledronic acid in the treatment of bone metastases in advanced breast cancer, but not so in the treatment of multiple myeloma or select solid tumors, according to data from two phase III trials.The investigational agent is expected to gain approval in the United States as early as mid-October. In August, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee backed the drug for treating osteoporosis.The two new trials - Denosumab 136 and Denosumab 244 - were...